DICE Dissects BF3 Beta, Details Top Ten Problems

And How To Fix Them, More Importantly

The latest Battlefield 3 beta is exactly that. A test. Despite the eleventh hour timing, DICE has been intently studying players' reactions as well as reams of data - and has compiled a list of the top ten most commonly reported problems. Along with exactly how they plan to fix them. If they haven't been fixed already, that is.

Everything from terrain stability to hit detection gets a mention, as well as a promise to sort them out. We've got the full story after the break.

Lack of flexibility when forming squads: "There will be improved squad functionality in the retail game (including but not limited to): the ability to create squads prior to launching into a game, sticking with your squad when joining a game and continuing together through future games (If team balance on the server allows it), inviting friends to a squad and changing squads once in game."

Regarding additional Open Beta content and fixes/patches for consoles, including PlayStation 3 issues with chat and party systems: "While we would like to patch the Open Beta, DICE is currently focusing its available resources on polishing the retail game."

Will DICE have enough time to iron out everything by release? "Please see General Manager Karl Magnus Troedsson's blog post regarding this question." (In which Troedsson wrote, "feedback from the Open Beta will not only directly affect the final game of Battlefield 3, but its future development and support.")

Inability to change settings before deployment into matches on PC: "The ability to modify your settings via the deploy screen has been added into the retail game."

Issues with terrain stability and "falling into the map" on Operation Métro: "This has been fixed for the beta via a server side update."

Kill cam sometimes zooms out too far or outside the map: "This has been fixed for the launch of the retail game."

A bug that keeps some players from being able to sprint: "This has been fixed for the launch of the retail game."

Screen flickering/stuttering. Blue screen remains after respawn. Game locks up after deploying C4 (360): "This has been fixed for the launch of the retail game."

Downed bodies appear to be dead, but are not: "The DICE team has been looking into this issue - which is caused by a combination of incidents in a confined area - and are working hard to address the issue for the launch of the retail game."

Why is the hit detection seemingly different from Battlefield: Bad Company 2?: "The netcode is one of the many things that we are testing as part of the Open Beta and is not necessarily reflective of the final retail game. The DICE team appreciates and has heard the feedback you've provided and is further optimizing online play."

I think they should fix the goddamn crash issues or i will NOT going to buy this game. The game itself is great indeed. But it will only bring you trouble and anger, instead of satisfied, if the crash won't be solve by the time the game release. Imagine that you camp for 5 minutes or so at the runway just to get in a jet but when you got into the jet, the game just crash><. And it crash everytime, everywhere. Mostly at the begin and the end of a game